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Manual drilling at Silkyara tunnel on, rescuers cross 50-metre mark

Manual drilling at Silkyara tunnel on, rescuers cross 50-metre mark

A skilled team of workers is doing muck removal by hand using the rat hole mining technique

28 Nov 2023 4:29 AM GMT

Rescue personnel work at the mouth of the collapsed under construction Silkyara tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of Indias Uttarakhand state, on November 24, 2023. (AFP)

Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Plasma cutter flown in to remove auger...

A complete disengagement of the machine is necessary for the officials to resume the rescue work

26 Nov 2023 8:30 AM GMT

Locals worship deity Boukhnag days after the under construction Silkyara tunnel collapsed in the Uttarkashi district. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Drilling at Silkyara Tunnel Halts Again

Workers remain trapped, 2nd setback in 2 days

24 Nov 2023 2:16 AM GMT

First visuals of the trapped workers emerge as the rescue team tries to establish contact with them. (ANI)

First visuals of workers trapped inside collapsed Silkyara tunnel...

The endoscopic flexi camera showed the workers speaking to the rescue teams informing them that they were healthy

21 Nov 2023 4:16 AM GMT

â€œWe have sent the pipe 53 metres to the other side of the rubble and the trapped workers can hear and experience us,â€ National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) director Anshu Manish Khalkho said. (Image Source: Twitter)

Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: Wider Pipe for 41 Trapped in Tunnel

Dehradun: Rescuers on Monday pushed through a six-inch-wide pipeline through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara-Barkot...

20 Nov 2023 8:30 PM GMT

International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association president Arnold Dix arrived at the location site in Silkyara, Uttarkashi to aid in the rescue efforts. (ANI)

International Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix reaches Uttarkashi tunnel...

Professor Dix conducted an inspection at the Silkyara tunnel site and spoke to the agencies that have been involved in...

20 Nov 2023 6:29 AM GMT

Govt undertakes five-option plan to rescue trapped workers

Silkyara Tunnel: Govt undertakes five-option plan to rescue trapped...

The Silkyara Tunnel is part of the ambitious Char Dham all-weather road project of the central government

19 Nov 2023 4:27 PM GMT

Security personnel and others at the under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway, days after a portion of the tunnel collapsed trapping several workers inside, in Uttarkashi district, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. The operation to rescue 40 labourers stuck in the tunnel has been suspended since Friday.

Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Rescue operation on hold after machine snag

UTTARKASHI: The operation to rescue 40 labourers stuck in the partially-collapsed Silkyara tunnel in this Uttarakhand...

18 Nov 2023 4:53 PM GMT

Drilling equipment being airlifted by the IAFs C-130 J aircraft to the tunnel-collape site for a rescue operation in Uttarakhands Dharasu. (PTI Photo)

Uttarkashi: Drilling Machine Airlifted to Help Tunnel Collapse

The new machine is being put into service amid apprehension by workers at the site about the progress of the...

15 Nov 2023 7:29 PM GMT

Rescue and relief operations underway after a portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed, in Uttarkashi district (PTI Photo)

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Efforts continue to evacuate 40 trapped...

The technical committee will investigate the causes of the tunnel collapse and have to submit its report at the earliest...

14 Nov 2023 5:54 AM GMT

Rescue operation underway after a portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed, in Uttarkashi district (PTI Photo)

40 workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel collapse safe; given food,...

Dredging and drilling through the debris inside the under-construction tunnel is going on to prepare an escape passage...

13 Nov 2023 3:58 AM GMT

$PM Modi Highlights India\s Global Role, Boosts Border Area Development$ Nation

PM Modi Highlights India-'s Global Role, Boosts Border Area...

DEHRADUN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India's voice is getting stronger in a world surrounded...

12 Oct 2023 6:40 PM GMT